Aboobaker Osman Mitha, popularized as A.O. Mitha, SPk, SQA, was a Pakistani army general who is considered a legend in the Pakistan Army, and a "stay behind" conceptual founder of Special Services Group (SSG). With the help from the United States' Special Forces, he created the special forces unit in Cherat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1956.